2010 Elite Eight Tournament Page

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The No. 18 Indiana University Hoosiers will compete in their home pool for the first time this season as they host one of the most anticipated events on the 2010 schedule, the Elite Eight, on March 6-7 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.

The tournament features five teams currently ranked in the Varsity Top 20 Poll released by the CWPA.

Indiana will take on No. 18-ranked Brown Universityin the first round of the event at 11:10 a.m. on Saturday, with the victor moving on to face the winner of the No. 8 University of Michigan-Bucknell University matchup. The other side of the bracket features No. 11 Hartwick College-No. 20 Princeton University and the University of Maryland-Harvard University.

By agreement among the coaches, the consolation games, if possible, will be set up to prevent Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) divisional opponents (North, South, West) from playing each other.

The games will have significant impact on the seedings for the CWPA Eastern Championship to determine the league's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championship.  All games, both non-conference and conference, among CWPA institutions are weighed in determining the seeds for the Eastern Championship set for April 30-May 2 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.

2010 ELITE EIGHT @ Indiana University

Saturday, March 6, 2010 • Bloomington, Ind.

10:00 a.m. ET - No. 8 Michigan vs. Bucknell -- Game 1

11:10 a.m. ET - No. 17 Brown vs. No. 18 Indiana -- Game 2

12:30 p.m. ET - No. 11 Hartwick vs. No. 20 Princeton -- Game 3

1:40 p.m. ET -- Maryland vs. Harvard -- Game 4

4:30 p.m. ET -- Consolation Game TBA -- Game 5

5:40 p.m. ET -- Consolation Game TBA -- Game 6

6:50 p.m. ET -- Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 -- Game 7

8:00 p.m. ET -- Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 -- Game 8

Sunday, March 7, 2010 • Bloomington, Ind.

10:00 a.m. ET -- Consolation Game TBA

11:10 a.m. ET -- Consolation Game TBA

12:20 p.m. ET -- Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 8 -- Third Place

1:30 p.m. ET -- Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 -- First Place